Hi. Hello. Evening.

Hope the people who was following the Christmas live blog haven’t missed me much.

I’ll be taking you through till the very end - 11pm.

22:00Gary Stewart

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I’m headed off now. Thanks for reading. Jade Pike will be along shortly to put the Echo liveblog to bed for another night.

21:32Gary Stewart

Cattrall pulls out of theatre show

Liverpool born actress Kim Cattrall has pulled out of a theatre run in the London “on doctors’ orders”. The Sex and the City star had been due to take the title role in the Royal Court’s production of Linda, which begins previews on November 26.

A tale of two Christmas trees

Liverpool One’s giant cyber tree has gone on the fritz. Someone pointed out earlier that some of the lights have gone out on the 30m behemoth.

But never fear: Liverpool One’s elves are on it.

19:19Gary Stewart

Road accident in Walton

It seems buses are being diverted around the Walton Vale area after a car and a motorcycle collided earlier. Merseytravel tweeted that the 19, 21, 20, 300 & 61 these services are affected and will be subject to severe delays. It appears that a silver Ford Fiesta and a motorcycle collided earlier near the Black Bull pub. The motorcyclist has been taken to hospital.

19:17Gary Stewart

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Thanks Francesca. I’m Gary Stewart here for the next three hours covering breaking news for Liverpool. If you have something you want to tell us about call me on 0151 285 8472, tweet @livechnoews or email gary.stewart@trinitymirror.com

19:01Francesca Fitzsimmons

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That is all from me for this evening. I will be back on the blog from 2.30pm tomorrow. Goodnight!

18:53Francesca Fitzsimmons

Snowflake trail

ECHO photographer Andy Teebay was at the Church Street light switch-on tonight and captured this brilliant photo.